Adjusting transmission cables on 7050

This tractor is NOT a powershift. I has to do with the range transmission. My son replaced the small cable from the range transmission lever to the top of the range transmission. It doesnt appear to do much of anything when you go from hi or low to the brake position. I bought a service manual on line and also a operators manual, but the say nothing about adjustments for this cable. It seems like hi and low and the park brake work, but there is so little movement on the shift lever on the transmission. Im not sure how well the park brake is holding. Also the cam thing that contacts the shift lever seems to get stuck in one position. I almost think there should be some kind of spring that push it back. Im kind of lost on this whole thing. The big cable seems to work fine. That has a lot of stroke. Had to weld up the shift lever since it was grooved in where the cam part hits it. Any help would be great.   

When installing the new small cable, one cannot get rough with it. Any bends or kinks makes it not work so good when you get done. Several things have been done to that area to improve it's operation over the years. There should be a spring inside the console to make the cable move one way and the lever the other way. Can't ever oil things enough on that shifter lever. The console side must be in place to stiffen up the console for best operation.

Need to let up just a little on clutch pedal. All the way down applies transmission brake. With clutch all the way down and brakes on, every thing is locked up. Release brakes and let up a little on clutch frees things up.     MACK

First off I want to THANK everyone for the reply's. Im not very good at explaining things. I really wish there was a AC mechanic around here. Buttler machine is the ac dealer, but im not sure if they even know the color of the 7050! So about a hour ago I went back to the tractor and started it. I do have the floor board off. The main transmission shifts fine until I put the range transmission in low. I drive the tractor ahead or back and push in the clutch and stop. At that point I can Not get the main transmission out of gear. I have to use a pry bar to get the range transmission out of gear. It will not come out with just the lever. I know I have some issues with the small cable linkage that puts it in part, but my problem now is this. I am trying to figure out how come the Low wont come to neutral without help. Acts like there is a low of pressure. Does not matter at that point what I do with the clutch pedal. If I shut the tractor off, then I can find neutral with the main transmission. So for now this is the first problem to solve.  

Sounds like range cable needs replaced. If floor is out, remove bolt on top of shifter, slide a short pipe over shifter, now how does it shift?        MACK

What part of ND are you from. ..? Darrel

Im in the SW part of ND. South of Dickinson. I will take the old girl for a drive. I really dont know much about the old girl, but Im going to get it working ( I hope). Right now we are getting ready to put the crop in, so its going to be a hit and miss working on it. Thanks again everybody for the replys.

exSW wrote: Let me get this straight. Push in the clutch. Stop tractor with wheel brakes. Stop transmission by pushing the clutch the rest of the way. Then back off clutch to disengage transmission brake and shift ranges.

Yeah, pretty much.  And hope to hell you aren't hung up on a slope with a load behind you.

This may not apply to power directors but with all 3 of our power shifts most of the time you have to put them in reverse and just slip the clutch and they will slide out of low range. High side doesn’t seem to be as big a problem. good luck

Also I need to add that we bought an 8010 that was really hard to shift from high to low. Replaced the big cable and shifts real easy now

Edited by wekracer - 15 Apr 2019 at 9:51pm